Ex-Professor Enters Alford Plea in Wife's Disappearance, Death

Ex-professor enters Alford plea in wife's disappearance, death

MADISON COUNTY, Ky. (Scripps News Group) — A former Eastern Kentucky University lecturer entered an Alford plea in connection with his wife’s 2019 death, avoiding a murder trial that was set to begin next week. Glenn Jackson entered a plea to manslaughter charges on Wednesday in the death of his wife, Ella Jackson, who disappeared from Richmond in October 2019. The plea came more than six years after Ella Jackson vanished while walking her dog a…

Former EKU Professor Cops Plea in Wife’s Death But Doesn’t Have to Admit Guilt

A former Eastern Kentucky University professor entered a plea deal Wednesday in connection with his wife’s 2019 murder, stopping a trial that was set to begin next week. Glenn Jackson didn’t plead guilty to Ella Jackson’s murder, however. He entered an Alford plea, which is a convoluted plea that allows a defendant to acknowledge that they likely would be found guilty at trial without actually admitting guilt, WLEX reported. Jackson entered to A…